Junior Year Scheduling

Applying to College
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<p>I need to submit my course selections for junior year by this tuesday, so I was hoping to get some feedback on what i should do for my classes.</p>

<p>Right now it looks like this:</p>

<p>AP Calculus AB
Honors Spanish 4
Adv. Speech and Debate
AP US History
AP Biology
AP Lang
Sports Conditioning</p>

<p>I already have the PE credits I need to graduate, but sports conditioning is a mandatory class if you play baseball (which I do). </p>

<p>I talked to the coach about this, and he said it would be fine if I only took it 2nd semester. This leaves me room in my schedule for a class like AP Comparative Government to take 1st semester, since it's a one semester course.</p>

<p>Do you think whether or not I take 5 AP classes instead of 4 will have any significant impact in the long run?
Is the rigor of this current course load shown above strong enough for any college?
Is this kind of schedule doable or is it over the heads of almost any student? </p>

<p>By the way, I'm planning on applying to some east coast schools as well as some of the better UC's. (Northwestern, Brown, UPenn, UCLA, UCB, UChicago, Cornell, maybe UCSD, etc...) </p>

<p>Thanks a ton for your time!</p>

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<p>If you are two years ahead in math (calculus as a high school junior), why are you taking AB instead of BC?</p>

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<p>Hi ucbalumnus,</p>

<p>I’m actually just 1 year ahead in math, and to answer your question, the way our school works is that you have to take AP calc AB before BC. The prerequisite for taking BC is the completion of AB.</p>

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<p>It looks good, I had a somewhat similar schedule my junior year. Before you sign up for your 5th AP, ask yourself, “What good will this do me in the long run?” Oftentimes the less-popular APs only give you basic credits without fulfilling any requirements. It will show up on your report card, but so will the Conditioning class, which shows your commitment to your co-curricular team. But if something else sounds interesting, then by all means take the class!</p>